diff --git a/doc/manual/rl-next/allowed-uris-can-now-match-whole-schemes.md b/doc/manual/rl-next/allowed-uris-can-now-match-whole-schemes.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3cf75a612
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/manual/rl-next/allowed-uris-can-now-match-whole-schemes.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+synopsis: Option `allowed-uris` can now match whole schemes in URIs without slashes
+prs: 9547
+---
+
+If a scheme, such as `github:` is specified in the `allowed-uris` option, all URIs starting with `github:` are allowed.
+Previously this only worked for schemes whose URIs used the `://` syntax.
diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval-settings.hh b/src/libexpr/eval-settings.hh
index db2971acb..3009a462c 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval-settings.hh
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval-settings.hh
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ struct EvalSettings : Config
           evaluation mode. For example, when set to
           `https://github.com/NixOS`, builtin functions such as `fetchGit` are
           allowed to access `https://github.com/NixOS/patchelf.git`.
+
+          Access is granted when
+          - the URI is equal to the prefix,
+          - or the URI is a subpath of the prefix,
+          - or the prefix is a URI scheme ended by a colon `:` and the URI has the same scheme.
         )"};
 
     Setting<bool> traceFunctionCalls{this, false, "trace-function-calls",
diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval.cc b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
index 9e541f293..1552e3e92 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "memory-input-accessor.hh"
 #include "signals.hh"
 #include "gc-small-vector.hh"
+#include "url.hh"
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <chrono>
@@ -599,6 +600,14 @@ void EvalState::allowAndSetStorePathString(const StorePath & storePath, Value &
     mkStorePathString(storePath, v);
 }
 
+inline static bool isJustSchemePrefix(std::string_view prefix)
+{
+    return
+        !prefix.empty()
+        && prefix[prefix.size() - 1] == ':'
+        && isValidSchemeName(prefix.substr(0, prefix.size() - 1));
+}
+
 bool isAllowedURI(std::string_view uri, const Strings & allowedUris)
 {
     /* 'uri' should be equal to a prefix, or in a subdirectory of a
@@ -611,8 +620,14 @@ bool isAllowedURI(std::string_view uri, const Strings & allowedUris)
                 && prefix.size() > 0
                 && hasPrefix(uri, prefix)
                 && (
+                    // Allow access to subdirectories of the prefix.
                     prefix[prefix.size() - 1] == '/'
-                    || uri[prefix.size()] == '/')))
+                    || uri[prefix.size()] == '/'
+
+                    // Allow access to whole schemes
+                    || isJustSchemePrefix(prefix)
+                    )
+                ))
             return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/libexpr/eval.cc b/tests/unit/libexpr/eval.cc
index cc5d6bbfa..93d3f658f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/libexpr/eval.cc
+++ b/tests/unit/libexpr/eval.cc
@@ -103,4 +103,39 @@ TEST(nix_isAllowedURI, file_url) {
     ASSERT_FALSE(isAllowedURI("file://", allowed));
 }
 
+TEST(nix_isAllowedURI, github_all) {
+    Strings allowed;
+    allowed.push_back("github:");
+    ASSERT_TRUE(isAllowedURI("github:", allowed));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(isAllowedURI("github:foo/bar", allowed));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(isAllowedURI("github:foo/bar/feat-multi-bar", allowed));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(isAllowedURI("github:foo/bar?ref=refs/heads/feat-multi-bar", allowed));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(isAllowedURI("github://foo/bar", allowed));
+    ASSERT_FALSE(isAllowedURI("https://github:443/foo/bar/archive/master.tar.gz", allowed));
+    ASSERT_FALSE(isAllowedURI("file://github:foo/bar/archive/master.tar.gz", allowed));
+    ASSERT_FALSE(isAllowedURI("file:///github:foo/bar/archive/master.tar.gz", allowed));
+    ASSERT_FALSE(isAllowedURI("github", allowed));
+}
+
+TEST(nix_isAllowedURI, github_org) {
+    Strings allowed;
+    allowed.push_back("github:foo");
+    ASSERT_FALSE(isAllowedURI("github:", allowed));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(isAllowedURI("github:foo/bar", allowed));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(isAllowedURI("github:foo/bar/feat-multi-bar", allowed));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(isAllowedURI("github:foo/bar?ref=refs/heads/feat-multi-bar", allowed));
+    ASSERT_FALSE(isAllowedURI("github://foo/bar", allowed));
+    ASSERT_FALSE(isAllowedURI("https://github:443/foo/bar/archive/master.tar.gz", allowed));
+    ASSERT_FALSE(isAllowedURI("file://github:foo/bar/archive/master.tar.gz", allowed));
+    ASSERT_FALSE(isAllowedURI("file:///github:foo/bar/archive/master.tar.gz", allowed));
+}
+
+TEST(nix_isAllowedURI, non_scheme_colon) {
+    Strings allowed;
+    allowed.push_back("https://foo/bar:");
+    ASSERT_TRUE(isAllowedURI("https://foo/bar:", allowed));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(isAllowedURI("https://foo/bar:/baz", allowed));
+    ASSERT_FALSE(isAllowedURI("https://foo/bar:baz", allowed));
+}
+
 } // namespace nix
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